Attractions of Luhansk region

The Stanytsia Luhanska Museum of Local Lore, known as the Museum of Don Cossacks, was opened in 1988 for the 300th anniversary of Stanytsia Luhanska.

In 1993, the exposition "Stanytsia Luhanska - the original settlement of the Don Cossacks" was opened.

The Starobilsk Women's Monastery "Joy of All Sorrowfuls" was founded on the basis of a shelter for orphan girls, which was organized in 1849 by the noblewoman Hanna Bulych.

In 1862, the asylum was transformed into a women's community in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Sorrowfuls". In 1870, a winter temple was built in honor of the Holy Life-giving Trinity. In 1886, the community was raised to the status of a monastery.

During the First World War, an infirmary was opened for typhus-wounded soldiers who were refused care by doctors.

In 1924, the monastery was dispersed, some of the sisters were killed or arrested. In Soviet times, a military unit was located on the territory, and during the Second World War - a concentration camp.

In 1992, the temples were returned to the Orthodox Church, and in 1993, the monastery began to function again. The main shrine is the miraculous icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Sorrowfuls".